John's father was Nathan H. Lee. As a young new Methodist minister Nathan married Belle, a daughter of B. R. Pierce, on June 16, 1880 in southern Illinois. Their son John was born there the following year, and John's brother Olin P. Lee followed in 1883.
In 1887 the family moved a couple hundred miles north when Nathan was transferred to the Rock River Conference in northwestern Illinois. Nathan was then appointed to Grand Crossing, Chicago. John's sister Edna M. Lee was then born there in 1889.
In the autumn of 1890, when John was nine, and due to the poor health of his mother Belle, the Lee family left Illinois and headed a thousand miles west to Laramie City, on the Laramie River at Albany County in southeastern Wyoming. John's youngest sibling, Earl C. Lee, was then born there in 1891.
In October 1892, when John was 11, the family moved again, 100 miles south to Cañon City, Fremont County, on the upper Arkansas River in central Colorado.
In 1893 until 1896 the family moved another 50 miles south, to Trinidad, in Las Animas Connty, on the upper Purgatoire River near the southern Colorado border at New Mexico.
By the 1900 census, when John was a young adult of 19, the family moved 100 miles back north, and was living at Denver, on the upper South Platte River in what was then the western edge of Arapahoe County in central Colorado.
John continued to live with his family until a decade later, while in their late-twenties, John Paul Lee met and married Helen Lockwood, on September 10, 1910 at St. Marks Church in Denver.
By the 1920 census the new Lee couple had moved some twenty miles north to Weld County, and raised two daughters there. After their second daughter, Bette, spent her early years there, by about 1932 the Lee family moved further southwest, to Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, where they lived at 705 North Louise St.
In 1941, when daughter Bette was 21, she met and married 23-year old Faye Neil Compton Jr., of Glendale.
Four years later in 1945 John Paul lost his wife, Helen, at age 60. John Paul moved some twenty miles southwest to Orange County, where he died a generation later, in 1967 at age 86. John Paul was buried next to his wife here at Forest Lawn in Glendale.
Source: Letter of Dora Lockwood, 1895
Source: Isaac Haight Beardsley, Echoes From Peak and Plain, or, Tales of life, war, travel and Colorado Methodism, Curtis & Jennings, 1898, 605 pages, pg 547
Source: 1900 census, Denver, Arapahoe Co., CO
Source: 1910 census, Denver, Denver Co., CO
Source: 1920 census, Weld Co., CO
Source: Letter of Ralph Lucas, 1932-33
Source: CA Death Records
In 1887 the family moved a couple hundred miles north when Nathan was transferred to the Rock River Conference in northwestern Illinois. Nathan was then appointed to Grand Crossing, Chicago. John's sister Edna M. Lee was then born there in 1889.
In the autumn of 1890, when John was nine, and due to the poor health of his mother Belle, the Lee family left Illinois and headed a thousand miles west to Laramie City, on the Laramie River at Albany County in southeastern Wyoming. John's youngest sibling, Earl C. Lee, was then born there in 1891.
In October 1892, when John was 11, the family moved again, 100 miles south to Cañon City, Fremont County, on the upper Arkansas River in central Colorado.
In 1893 until 1896 the family moved another 50 miles south, to Trinidad, in Las Animas Connty, on the upper Purgatoire River near the southern Colorado border at New Mexico.
By the 1900 census, when John was a young adult of 19, the family moved 100 miles back north, and was living at Denver, on the upper South Platte River in what was then the western edge of Arapahoe County in central Colorado.
John continued to live with his family until a decade later, while in their late-twenties, John Paul Lee met and married Helen Lockwood, on September 10, 1910 at St. Marks Church in Denver.
By the 1920 census the new Lee couple had moved some twenty miles north to Weld County, and raised two daughters there. After their second daughter, Bette, spent her early years there, by about 1932 the Lee family moved further southwest, to Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, where they lived at 705 North Louise St.
In 1941, when daughter Bette was 21, she met and married 23-year old Faye Neil Compton Jr., of Glendale.
Four years later in 1945 John Paul lost his wife, Helen, at age 60. John Paul moved some twenty miles southwest to Orange County, where he died a generation later, in 1967 at age 86. John Paul was buried next to his wife here at Forest Lawn in Glendale.
Source: Letter of Dora Lockwood, 1895
Source: Isaac Haight Beardsley, Echoes From Peak and Plain, or, Tales of life, war, travel and Colorado Methodism, Curtis & Jennings, 1898, 605 pages, pg 547
Source: 1900 census, Denver, Arapahoe Co., CO
Source: 1910 census, Denver, Denver Co., CO
Source: 1920 census, Weld Co., CO
Source: Letter of Ralph Lucas, 1932-33
Source: CA Death Records
John's father was Nathan H. Lee. As a young new Methodist minister Nathan married Belle, a daughter of B. R. Pierce, on June 16, 1880 in southern Illinois. Their son John was born there the following year, and John's brother Olin P. Lee followed in 1883.
In 1887 the family moved a couple hundred miles north when Nathan was transferred to the Rock River Conference in northwestern Illinois. Nathan was then appointed to Grand Crossing, Chicago. John's sister Edna M. Lee was then born there in 1889.
In the autumn of 1890, when John was nine, and due to the poor health of his mother Belle, the Lee family left Illinois and headed a thousand miles west to Laramie City, on the Laramie River at Albany County in southeastern Wyoming. John's youngest sibling, Earl C. Lee, was then born there in 1891.
In October 1892, when John was 11, the family moved again, 100 miles south to Cañon City, Fremont County, on the upper Arkansas River in central Colorado.
In 1893 until 1896 the family moved another 50 miles south, to Trinidad, in Las Animas Connty, on the upper Purgatoire River near the southern Colorado border at New Mexico.
By the 1900 census, when John was a young adult of 19, the family moved 100 miles back north, and was living at Denver, on the upper South Platte River in what was then the western edge of Arapahoe County in central Colorado.
John continued to live with his family until a decade later, while in their late-twenties, John Paul Lee met and married Helen Lockwood, on September 10, 1910 at St. Marks Church in Denver.
By the 1920 census the new Lee couple had moved some twenty miles north to Weld County, and raised two daughters there. After their second daughter, Bette, spent her early years there, by about 1932 the Lee family moved further southwest, to Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, where they lived at 705 North Louise St.
In 1941, when daughter Bette was 21, she met and married 23-year old Faye Neil Compton Jr., of Glendale.
Four years later in 1945 John Paul lost his wife, Helen, at age 60. John Paul moved some twenty miles southwest to Orange County, where he died a generation later, in 1967 at age 86. John Paul was buried next to his wife here at Forest Lawn in Glendale.
Source: Letter of Dora Lockwood, 1895
Source: Isaac Haight Beardsley, Echoes From Peak and Plain, or, Tales of life, war, travel and Colorado Methodism, Curtis & Jennings, 1898, 605 pages, pg 547
Source: 1900 census, Denver, Arapahoe Co., CO
Source: 1910 census, Denver, Denver Co., CO
Source: 1920 census, Weld Co., CO
Source: Letter of Ralph Lucas, 1932-33
Source: CA Death Records
In 1887 the family moved a couple hundred miles north when Nathan was transferred to the Rock River Conference in northwestern Illinois. Nathan was then appointed to Grand Crossing, Chicago. John's sister Edna M. Lee was then born there in 1889.
In the autumn of 1890, when John was nine, and due to the poor health of his mother Belle, the Lee family left Illinois and headed a thousand miles west to Laramie City, on the Laramie River at Albany County in southeastern Wyoming. John's youngest sibling, Earl C. Lee, was then born there in 1891.
In October 1892, when John was 11, the family moved again, 100 miles south to Cañon City, Fremont County, on the upper Arkansas River in central Colorado.
In 1893 until 1896 the family moved another 50 miles south, to Trinidad, in Las Animas Connty, on the upper Purgatoire River near the southern Colorado border at New Mexico.
By the 1900 census, when John was a young adult of 19, the family moved 100 miles back north, and was living at Denver, on the upper South Platte River in what was then the western edge of Arapahoe County in central Colorado.
John continued to live with his family until a decade later, while in their late-twenties, John Paul Lee met and married Helen Lockwood, on September 10, 1910 at St. Marks Church in Denver.
By the 1920 census the new Lee couple had moved some twenty miles north to Weld County, and raised two daughters there. After their second daughter, Bette, spent her early years there, by about 1932 the Lee family moved further southwest, to Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, where they lived at 705 North Louise St.
In 1941, when daughter Bette was 21, she met and married 23-year old Faye Neil Compton Jr., of Glendale.
Four years later in 1945 John Paul lost his wife, Helen, at age 60. John Paul moved some twenty miles southwest to Orange County, where he died a generation later, in 1967 at age 86. John Paul was buried next to his wife here at Forest Lawn in Glendale.
Source: Letter of Dora Lockwood, 1895
Source: Isaac Haight Beardsley, Echoes From Peak and Plain, or, Tales of life, war, travel and Colorado Methodism, Curtis & Jennings, 1898, 605 pages, pg 547
Source: 1900 census, Denver, Arapahoe Co., CO
Source: 1910 census, Denver, Denver Co., CO
Source: 1920 census, Weld Co., CO
Source: Letter of Ralph Lucas, 1932-33
Source: CA Death Records
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